Word: vetoes
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...hopelessly divided and terminally ineffectual. They were determined to show that they could work together, make policy and lead the nation -- in short, that they deserved to take over the White House after 1988. They made a bravura start, quickly passing a clean-water bill over the President's veto and approving the $88 billion highway bill over another Reagan veto. The Republicans, shell-shocked by the midterm election loss and defensive over the Iran-contra affair, were reduced to the role of helpless spectators...
...vote on, and is likely to approve, the double-breasting legislation. The issues of mandated health care and parental leave will probably languish until next year. Labor does not expect to win every battle and realizes that some laws may have to be passed by overriding a presidential veto. But the pro-worker lobby is pushing to get as much as it can as fast as it can. After all, 1988 is an election year, and the political climate can be as fickle as the weather...
Overseers, by contrast, are primarily responsible for departmental visitation and participation in the selection of Corporation members and the President. The Board also acts in an "advice and consent" capacity with regard to the Corporation--a role stemming from its original charter that in practice is rarely one of veto power...
...This veto power of the Overseers is not there in name alone. On three occasions, they have exercised their power, the most important being the case of the appointment of President Eliot....Although there is dispute as to just which is the number one governing board of the college, the fact that the Overseers have absolutely no initiative power seems to relegate them to second place. Also, the Corporation, unlike the larger body, are self-perpetuating; they may elect whom they choose, and members serve until they resign or die. At first this seems too exclusive, but it must...
Finally, there is the matter of finances. All the property of the University is in the name of the Corporation. They control all the University finances, and this control is subject to no veto power above. Thus, though the system of University government is one of checks and balances, the pendulum seems to be stuck far over on the side of the Corporation...